Stair-carpet fastener



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rrsn star mean EUGENE A. SAVARY, OF PHOENICIA, NEW YORK.

STAIR-CARPET FASTENER.

Application filed December 7, 1925. Serial No. 73,542.

This invention relates essentially to astair carpet fastener and it provides a pair of resilient loop members arranged between the treads, each member having an upper and lower arm to fasten under the nosing and the stairway.

The invention is designed to include a pair of loop members made to adjust themselves longitudinally to the height of the riser, so that the loops will'be compressed into engagement with the carpet.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide means for hinging the pair ofloop members together in order to permit them to be folded longitudinally when not in use so that they can be conveniently packed and transported. Q

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accom panyin g drawing in which Fig. 1 represents device embodying this invention.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken along the line 2 2 of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the upper portion of the device folded.

In the drawing is shown a portion of a stairway consisting of a pair of treads 5 and a riser 6 made to support the treads. The device for fastening the carpet 7 to the stairway includes a pair of vertically positioned spring wire members 8 each having a plurality of loop portions 9 formed by bending the wire. The upper and lower portion of each vertical member is provided with a. lateral arm 10 and 11 respectively extending at right angles. Each vertical member and the two integral arms thereof is constructed of a single length of resilient steel or brass wire shaped to the form shown and the end of each arm has an eye member '12 for coaction with a tack; The vertical members are arranged alongside of each as indicated in Fig. 1 and they are connected together by means of clips or straps 14: located at the upper and lower portions of the vertical members. The clips permit the device to be folded together'when not in use as indicated in Fig. 3 so. as to take up little space and to make a compact packing when shipping. The central porlower tread.

a front elevation of a with a plurality tions of the vertical members are hinged together by a clip 15 having a hole for the insertion of a tack.

When it is desired to fasten the the device is placed between the two treads with the upperarms under the nosing of the upper tread and the lower arms onto the i In this position the vertical members spring or bulge outward from the riser as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The members after being pushed towards the riser can be secured by a tack inserted into the hole in the central clip and forced through the carpet into the riser. After the arms are sprung in their proper positions in the corners ofthe nosing and tread they ar fastened by tacks inserted into the eyes and forced through the carpet into the tread.

It will be readily understood, that the carpet limit of self-adjustment of the verticalspring members is the aggregate space denoted by the arrows between the bases of the two loop members as indicated in Fig. 1. In other words each loop being contractible it permits the employment of the device to treads that vary at least a half inch'more or less.

claim 1. In a stair carpet fastener the combi nation with a pair of vertical members ar ranged alongside of each other, each member having an upper and lower arm extending laterally from the member, and a plurality of resilient loops formed in each member, of clips for connecting the members to longitudinally fold them together, and means for fastening the members to a stairway riser.

2. In a stair carpet fastener the combination with. a pair of vertical, members arranged alongside of each other each having two arms, and an eye at the end of each arm, each vertical member being provided of resilient loops to contract or expandthe member, of clips for connecting the members together, and a 01' located between the clips for fastening the vertical members to the riser of a stairway.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EUGENE A. SAVARY. 

